Tuesday, March 27, 2007

January to June 2007


Snow Flower and The Secret Fan, by Lisa See
After This, by Alice McDermott
Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks
The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
Warriors Don't Cry, by Melba Beals
Palestine: Peace Not Aparteid, by Jimmy Carter

Books Read in 2006


Abigail Adams, by Natalie Bober
Lucky Child, by Loung Ung
All That Matters, by Jan Goldstein
A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines
Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter
My Antonia, by Willa Cather
March, by Geraldine Brooks
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle For Equal Rights, by Russell Freedman
The Mermaid's Chair, by Sue Monk Kidd
The Story of My Life, by Farah Ahmadi
Redbird Christmas, by Fannie Flagg
Delights and Shadows, by Ted Kooser

Books Read in 2005


The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams, by Nasdiff
Founding Mothers, by Cokie Roberts
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
An Unfinished Life, by Mark Spragg
Miss Julia Meets Her Match, by Ann B. Ross
The Sinister Pig, by Tony Hillerman
When The Emperor Was Divine, by Julia Otsuka
Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah
The Kite Runner, by Khalad Hasseini
A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly
True Believer, by Nicholas Sparks

Books Read in 2004


Breaking Clean, by Judy Blunt
Mount Vernon Love Story, by Mary Higgins Clark

Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
Reason For Hope, by Jane Goodall
Plainsong, by Kent Haruf
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
Kitchen Privileges, by Mary Higgins Clark
The Lady and the Unicorn, by Tracy Chevalier
Thanks For the Memories, Mr. President, by Helen Thomas
Michelangelo and The Pope's Ceiling, by Ross King
The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks

Books Read in 2003


Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie
Inside Islam: The Faith, The Conflicts, introduction by Akbar S. Ahmed
A Girl Named Zippy, by Haven Kimmel
Thousand Pieces of Gold, by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger
Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
The #1 Ladies Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith
To America: Personal Reflections, by Stephen E. Ambrose
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, by Ann B. Ross
Blessings, by Anna Quindlen
Leap of Faith, by Queen Noor

Books Read in 2002


Hanna's Daughters, by Marianne Fredriksson
October Sky, by Homer H. Hickam
Simon's Family, by Marianne Fredriksson
Bend in the Road, by Nicholas Sparks
Seldom Disappointed, by Tony Hillerman
Galileo's Daughter, by Dava Sobel
Yellow Raft on Blue Water, by Michael Dorris
The Optimist's Daughter, by Eudora Welty
First Mothers, by Bonnie Angelo
Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman
Skipping Christmas, by John Grisham

Books Read in 2001


Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, by Jennifer Armstrong
Helen Sekaquaptewa: Me and Mine, as told to Louise Udall
Mankiller: A Chief and Her People, by Wilma Mankiller & Michael Wallis
Girl With a Pearl Earring, by Tracey Chevalier
Wish You Well, by David Baldacci
The Professor's House, by Willa Cather
Death Comes For the Archbishop, by Willa Cather
Barbara Jordon: American Hero, by Mary Beth Rogers
Washington, by Meg Greenfield
A Kitchen God's Wife, by Amy Tan
A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Brysen

Books Read in 2000


Life and Death in Shanghai, by Nien Cheng
Tis, by Frank McCourt
The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester
Bound Feet and Western Dress, by Pang-Mei Chang
Daughter of Fortune, by Isabel Allende
Growing Up, by Russell Baker
Where Rivers Change Direction, (A Collection of Essays)
Chocolat, by Joanne Harris
Jefferson: Man on the Mountain, by Natalie S. Bober
West With the Night, by Beryl Markham
Letters From Yellowstone, by Diane Smith
84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff

Books Read in 1999


Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokow
Under a Wing, by Reeve Lindbergh
No Ordinary Time (1st half of the book), by Doris Kearns Goodwin
No Ordinary Time (2nd half of the book), by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Abigail Adams, by Natalie S. Bober
Having Our Say & On My Own at 107, by Delany Sisters
Jewel, by Brett Lott
Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom
Four Letters of Love, by Niall Williams
Dancing at the Rascal Fair, by Ivan Doig

Books Read in 1998


The Education of Little Tree, by Forrest Carter
This House of Sky, by Ivan Doig
The Color of Water, by James McBride
The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks
Mutant Message/Down Under, by Marlo Morgan
The Road From Coorain, by Jill Ker Conway
Refuge, by Terry Tempest Williams
Wait Till Next Year, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
A Place of Her Own, by Dori Sanders
Angela's Ashes, by James McCourt
Katherine Graham, A Personal History